Shelfmark
MS 259
Author
Title
A ballad for a boy. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, April, 1885.
Physical description
1 bifolium ; 23 cm x 18 cm.
Note
The poem was first published in Ionica in 1891. This manuscript has a number of textual variants from the printed version.
Note
At the bottom of the verso: Abbey Garden Westminster April 1885.
Note
Autograph manuscript.
Citation/references note
Manuscript note in MS 932 (interleaved copy of James catalogue).
Provenance
With a letter to the Headmaster headed The Hill House, Ewelme, Oxford, dated 19 October 1954 and signed by Simon Nowell Smith recording the donation of the manuscript to Eton College.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52661